THE GUIDE HERE IT IS, WHAT YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, THE GUIDE FOR THE HOME KIT. BEFORE YOU CONTINUE THIS IS OUR GENERAL GUIDE, DESIGNED FOR EXPERTS, IF YOU USE THE HOME KIT YOU TAKE FULL RESPONSABILITY FOR THE RESULTS. WE DO NOT COVER ALL THE DETAILS INTENTIONALLY TO STOP PEOPLE WHO SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS HURTING THEMSELVES. THINK SMART, THINK QUAD. FIRST YOU MUST PUT YOURSELF IN A SUITABLE POSITION, THEN FIND A QUAD PICTURE THAT ROUGHLY MATCHES WHAT YOU WANT. FOR THIS EXAMPLE I WILL USE THE KID MODELING THE WOLVERINE CLAWS FOR AMAZON.COM click for larger image AS YOU CAN SEE HIS FACE IS POSITIONED SLIGHTLY TO THE SIDE, AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH MINOR LIGHTING VARIANCE ACROSS THE FACE. EXPOSURE IN THIS PICTURE IS FINE SO THERE WON'T BE ANY BIG CONTRAST ISSUES. click for larger image HERE WE CAN SEE WHAT IS AND WHAT ISN'T SUITABLE FOR THIS QUADIFICATION. WE NEED TO PREPARE THE WORK AREA, GET RID OF EVERYTHING YOU DON'T NEED AROUND YOU. click for larger image NEXT WE FOCUS ON SIZES, ENSURE THE ORIGiNAL IS LARGE ENOUGH TO WORK WITH, IN GENERAL CONSIDER 500 PIXELS A MINIMUM, AND THAT IS FOR LOW QUALITY IMAGES, FOR HIGH QUALITY IMAGES YOU CAN LEAVE THEM IN THEIR CURRENT SIZE. IF YOU FEEL THEY ARE TO LARGE SIZING THEM AROUND TO 1000 WILL BE FINE FOR MOST CASES. IN THIS EXAMPLE I WILL RESIZE THE IMAGE SO THE WIDTH IS 800 PIXELS SINCE IT IS A FAIRLY LOW QUALITY IMAGE. ONCE THIS IS DONE WE NEED TO CUT OUT A QUAD FACE. TAKE THE MAXIQUAD PHOTO YOU PICKED EARLIER AND CUT AWAY THE BULK THAT IS NOT NEEDED. click for larger image NOW WE NEED TO MOVE, FLIP AND RESIZE THE FACE WHERE NEEDED. MAKE SURE THE EYES AND MOUTH MATCH UP AS WELL AS YOU CAN. IN THIS EXAMPLE WE ALSO NEED TO ROTATE THE FACE SLIGHTLY. click for larger image NOW THE FACE IS IN PLACE WE START THE CLEAN UP. FIRST WE NEED TO REMOVE THE UNWANTED AREAS. FOR THIS TASK WE LIKE TO USE A MASK TOOL BECAUSE IT IS MORE FORGIVING, BUT YOU MAY DO THIS ANYWAY YOU FEEL WORKS FOR YOU. WE NEED TO GET RID OF ANY HARSH EDGES WHILE DOING THIS STEP, GET EVERYTHING TO BLEND PROPERLY WHILE FITTING WITH YOUR OWN SHAPE. YOU WANT TO LOOK GOOD BUT YOU DO NOT WANT TO LOOSE YOUR UNIQUENESS, OTHERWISE EVERYONE WOULD LOOK THE SAME AND WE DO NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. click for larger image NOW THE PHYSICAL BLENDING HAS BEEN COMPLETED WE DEAL WITH THE COLOUR ISSUES TO GIVE YOU THAT NATURAL LOOK THAT EVERYONE WANTS. WE LOOK AT SKIN TONE AND LIGHTING, ALL WE DO HERE IS ADJUST HUE, SATURATION. IN SOME CASES BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE MODIFIED. ONCE WE HAVE DONE THAT WE CAN JUST DARKEN/LIGHTEN ANY AREAS AS NEEDED. click for larger image SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, YOUR FIRST QUADIFICATION. ONCE YOU GET USED TO THE PROCEDURE THIS CAN BE DONE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES. THERE ARE ALWAYS ODD CASES THAT REQUIRE MORE WORK BUT THAT COVERS THE BASICS SO GO GET QUADIFYING.